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na Alai), about eightren,hotirs from the Pilot, and -at,l , er to the Manrilos. 0 - i the 22f 1 tell in with the Portuguese frigate Minerva, mounting 52 guns. At. 4 p. in. continent.% d a tioti, and left ott at ten mi-un s past 5 p. in. as the• French Officers to ld us, 10 g.ve their men their dinner, as they had the Superiority •of the action ; but, f rom what we saw in the cockpit, we are convrneed that the men would not stan,t to their quarters, and that spirits were given them to raise their courage ; tor about a quarter betore five, the sail-maker was brought do •%.n tit ith In, kg shot off,n ; and abo-t five, ~rn calm,. down tor' wounds to be found out, bat none ttscovered ; and at this tune the Otfieer com manding the gun •deck, also the Otficur of Ma.: rines, were seen running about between decks, and forcing the men up to their qtkrtcrs. , They did not bring t; e. Portuguese to action•again until I I ttext morning, N hot 2 smart firing commenced and lasted for 56 minutes, at which tune the' Portuguese tr4ate struck her coiours—she was only .two days nom the Pilot. " Toe Bellone cruized tiff the Sand-heads'from tst to 24th November: She is a remarkably fast sailer. Her crew is in number 400, of %bich'about 100 are . Portuguese and inhabitants of tine Vrelich islands. Out toe 27th No%ember fell. in with and captured the "timbal Drury, ou board which, in lat. t. 21. long. 80. 4U. we .were shipped, 7th De cember, as prisoners, to The numb, r of 370, with 4 twrnii•al supply of provisions for 3 . 00. men for 25 da)s, winch had been sent on board ou d.ue 2d; and to which a Midstopman, 'five seamen, and twenty Lascars having free access,...they .ate and drank all day lung. ‘‘ e ale nOw aurt%:eu at Point d GAe." EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATEI,) COLUMBO, DEC. 19. The . Corpeha trigate arrived here late on the evening of the. i #itti instant ; she had experirnced some bid weather when itr sight of this island, and had sprung her bowsprit, which has beep brought on show for repair ; her mists have also sustained a slight datria.e. Fur the last new days we have bad bomt• squally weather. ", On the morning of the 18th, the Admiral in the itussel appeared ()if here, and was beating up and down—it is 47xpected, 'it the weather proves mode rne, tie will land to-morrow. " General Maitland arrived here on Monday even ng, troll) his Wilt to the northward part of the islatid l►e letves this again to-morrow for Point de 6alie, at which place the crew of the English and PorioA,uese strips lately captured by the :Bellone, ildVe been landed:" The foloAing are Wine of tire. circumstances %TA ich att,nded the loss of the Diamond and tutreh //e4iroy : • These vessels left Busgora in company with the Btissura racket, on the . 29.1 i of (kiober last, and alt r touching at linshire I . rOceeded on their voy 3;e to this. piece. On the 6th of November began to blow a harcfgale ; the weather was at the same tune tiazy and the sea very high. At four o'clock the rirxt morning the Diamond found her self amongst breakers, r and the next moment struck on the reel that lies at the N. W. end of the lsland of Nobtiowtr. An attempt was Made to wear tile slip, but the rudder giving way, the ship was 4.lriKeti on Shore and laid on her beam ends. In a b o ut a quarter of an liourthe Jut teh Allebo ll also 'struck, anti s!iared the 'fate of the Diamond. Both vestie4 succeeded in getting all the crew aad pas sengers on.shore, with the exception of the Serang and one Lascar belonging to the Diamond, who were in the afternoon the waters having fallen and the sea abated a good deal, Captain Benson, of the Liamond, went on board with a few of the best Lascar, and the second Officer; to try if they could save any of the treasure, provisions, and clothes. They found the Capt tilt's trunks broken open, and a great many things inksif g, winch they sus pected to bate ucen done by the A!ab keepers, whose conduct in every other respeCt dur ing the tithe of danger and calamity is represent,d as having been tery mutinous. A considerable part of the treasure, the packet, and a few clothes, with some bags of rice, and about 20 gallons of water, Were brought on shore. Some of tie horses were found /live, but it was impossible 10 get them out without cutting a hole in the ship's side; 'bes;des which, any attempt to hate thus savud them, would only have exposed them to perish on shore for the want of fresh water. A few horses, indeed, did escape from the ship and swam ashose ; but in consequence of the total want of fresh water, they either - died be li)re the people quitted the island, or were left there to perish. • Tile sufferers had but a melancholy prospeEt be fore 'hem ; the whole number amounted to about ; the ishod on which they were cast was completely desolate, not a shrub nor a drop of water to be found. They made large fires, and slept around them during-the night. To then great satisfa6lion a ship appeared in sight the next wornirg, whieh turned out to be the Jussora packet, that at the commencement of the gale had parted compsny. By the humane exer tions of Capt. Clement, whu immediately went on shore to their assistance, they were all safely em barked on board the Bussora packet before night, 4xcept a few which remained with -Captain Cle ment and Captain Benson till the next morning.— Before they finally embarked, they iisited both skips, but to4md it wa, impossible to du any thing effeCtual towards saving theM. SPANISH PAPERS. ORDER TO CONVOKE THE COR rEs. FERDINAND, by the Grace of God, King of Spain and the Indies, and in his Royal name, the Council of Regency, to all Presidents, Governors, &c. b e i t matte known, that under the 18th of the present month of June, I have thought fit to issue the fol lowing Decree : " The Council of Regency of Spain and the In dies, desirous of giving to the whole nation an irre fragable proof of its indent zeal for its benefit, and to adopt the means for iti salvation ; has determined, hi the Royal name of our Sovereign, that Ex traordinary and 'General Cones, already ordered, shall be immediately assembled ; and,.for this par pus: It is directed, that such eleCtions shall 1.41 com- pleted as have not yet been concluded.• Those Members already chosen, and such as shall . be, chosen pursuant to this Decree, are hereby required to meet in August tlext, in the Royal Isle of Lean. As soon as the major prt are there colle6ted, that instant the Sessions shall be opened, and in the mean while the Council of Regency shall occupy itself in removing the difficulties -wh - ch might ob strt 61 the design of this solemn Con (Signed) " XAVIER DV, CASTANOI, Pies." &c. " To Don Nicolas Maria de~ Sierra." " This Royal Decree has been conininnicated by my order to my Supreme Coon. &c. that it may be printed and published, and poocivally obeyed : .tor which purpose I command all Presidents, Go vernors, &c. in their respective districts to execute the same, &c. •'Estevan Varea, Secret a ry, g f, I, THE KING." " tune 'io n tBiu." • . 4., SOUTH AMERICA. The COuncil of Regenc'y of Spain'and the In dic.; being informed that a publication has been made, purporting to be a Royal Older, of the date of the t 7th of May last, on the Commerce with America, which is coottarr to the established law in• those dominions—we hereby declare, that no such order has been issued, and we further nirea,. that all copies of such a.it-iitfous order be collected and burnt, and that this uotiee be pt. , bli ,, hed in the Gazette of the Regency,'aod other pubiic Journals, that all may be obedient, thereto." SUPEIzIOR (UN "CA OF CATALONIA. The Just:.! of this principality being informed that some ill-intentioned persons, disregarding the public good, and those patriotic sentiments by which all Spaniards should be animated, have dire t, from sordid motives, to purchase the estates of cer tain individuals who haVe emigrated from the dis iritli occupied - by the enemy, and_ have done this in open defiance of the order of the 30th Nov. last, which makes such pra6lices high treason ; the Junta, to restrain such offences, again declares the like practices, so pernicious to the State, treasonable, and commands that the effects of the delinquents he confiscated. It also declares, that the properly of such persons be confiscated, who, having emigrated on the approach of the enemy, have returned to their estates, from the fear that the enemy would scize upon their possesskons. - The value ,r:t acquired shalt be devoted to those faithful Spaniards who have been drfven froin their homes, and have pre served their integrity. A reward- of 320 ria!s shall be given to any one who will mention the name of any offender against this order, and the name of the info' mer shall .not be exposed." MAILS. flak iv so—l Heligoland, t Waterford. Due-2 Gotten burgh, I Dublin, I Waterford. PRICE OF sTocks THTS IIAY AT TWILLVL o i tLOCK. Cons A 9 a 1 ex. div. l Omnium - ,1 Ii L 6 SOLIEM QUIS ntc¢ars FALSUM ALMILAT? L 0 N D 0 lv, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1810. So much in•erest must naturally be excited, both in this couniry and in France, relative to the ex change of prisoners, that it is not surprising that the public expeCtation on this subjea should have out-ran the fads. It is very true, as our Contem poraries have stated, that a negotiation for that pur pose WAS some months since commenced, but we can venture to say, that the discussion between the two Governments has not yet reached that state which can authorise the expectations so confidently ex presed, of its speedy and successful termination. The Negociatton still continues, and it is much to be desired, for the sake of humanity, that it may be brought to a satisfattory conclusion. Nothing of conciliation, and even of concession, as far as it is justifiable and consistent with national honour; will, we trust and believe, be wanting on the part of the British Government; but before the friends and relatives of the P'risoners and those detained in either Country flatter thetust.lves with the assurances of the speedy release of those per sons, they should recoll'e6t, that it may be doubtful whether the other party to the Ne gociation brings into it the same coneiliating tem per, the same moderate pretensions, or even the same anxtbus desire for its completion, that will, we trust, be found to have marked the conduct of the British GovernMent. The private accounts from Spain are satlsfa&ory and cheering. It is positively stated that the gallant General LACY, who was sent with about 5000 men to Algesiras, had so rapidly marched towards Ronda, a distance of about forty miles, that, the enemy were taken unawares, and flew away with such precipita tion, as to leave abundance of provisions, accoutre ments, stores, &c. behind them, and about 5000 stand of arms. So great was the panic, that it is said not one Frenchman fell into the hands of the Spaniards on this occasion. The Ge neral distributed all the accoutrements and arms among the Patriots who joined his standard, rendering his force, in the whole, near 14,000 men, part of whom he left to garrison Ronda, and then marched in the diredion of Chiclana, with a view to get in the rear of the enemy, while the troops in Cadiz were to make a sortie in front, in order to raise the siege of that place. We have seen seve ral letters, all of which speak very favourably of the posture of affairs in Spain, andsl.ew tl)at the ene my has very formidable oboacles to encounter in the sprit and improving knowledge of the Spanish Patriots. • We have been favoured with the following ob servAions upon some pas Sages in the Moniteztr, by a foreigner rtcently arrive.) in this Country, whose situation affOrded him ample means of forming a lodgment upon the topics on which he speaks : " The anxiety of the Moniteut to defend Gene ral SEBASTIAN!, affords some proof that that General ha• been beaten. It is probable that the official note in the Moniteur was only inserted for the pur- pose of silencing the gossipers of Paris ; for; riotwit h-- standing all the vigilance of the police, some letters do reach Paris from the army in Spain, and that atrocious war is equally odious to the army and to the nation. But though the people' of France are so adverse to the war in Spain, yet they dread the idea of their army returning home, accOstomea as it has been to pillage, to assassination, and to every species of crime. " BUONAPARTE affects to treat with derision- the idea of a peace bet Ween Great Britain and Russia, but he is perfectly aware of the frag;le nature of his connexion with that Power, and dreais the idea of another coalition. " How can BUONAPARTE call the naval superiority '1 of England a maritime tyranny ? is the guarantee . : of her natirrnal safety, which she has acquired oy the greatest sacrifices for two hundred years, and by the most brilliant victories.' To ask Great Britain to give up her right of search is absurd. He might as well ask her to permit him to march 100,000 men to Londo'n, in order to establi,h his Sublime Code Na poleon, to enforce his conscription, and to employ Englishmen in re-conquering Si. Doming, or in, chastising any Continental power that might offend him ;in a word,-40 give permission to his troops to ban, pillage, violate, assassinate, &c. That this is : not an ,exggera . ed picture the cases of Spain and Portugal will sufficiently prove. " The situation of the Continent, and the tyran nical measures . of BUONAPARTR must, •to a certain. extent, affect the .trade of Gre - at Britain; but the trade of France and her vassal States is near?' an nihilated. - All the maritime towns are full of the produce of the interior, and for which there is no sale. The misery of the people is at its height, for they have no sale for their property. The proprie tor,s of land are unable to pay their taxes, or to main tain themselves . . In a short time Russia, Den ? mark, Sweden, Prussia, &c. must snpplicat, Great Britain to purchase their produce, and BIioNAPARTE will feel hinrielf happy if the British Government will tolerate those licenses which he grants for the exportation of grain; &c. England is more inde pendent of the Continent, than the Continent - is - of England. " It is easy to see that BUONAPARTE has not yet forgotten what MARIA-LOUSA said to him on the 25th of May, at Boulogne, about his permitting a single English frigate (the Clyde) to amain quietly at anchor within' two cannon-shot of the whole French flotilla. Why did lie not tell her that it was the maritime tyranny England that prevented him from ordering the Clyde to be attacked, instead of saying that the wind was contrary ?" We this morning received German Papers to the 30th ult. They state, that the French Division under• General MOLITOR, which was stationed in Hamburgh and the vicinity, have suddenly receiv ed orders to march for Spain. The troops evince un common dislike to this, service, and consider it as going to inevitable destruthon. There are reports of the French having sustained a severe defeat i❑ Spain, but no particulars are mentioned. The discontent of the Peopl&of Holland appears to gain ground, and strong symptoms of insurrec tion have been manifested. The Treaty between France and Austria, relative to Turkey, will, it is expeCled, be concluded about the middle of this month ; in the mean time a very considerable Austrian force has marched towards the Turkish frontiers. We this morning received Dutch Papers to the 4th lust. but they bring no news whatever. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, their MAJES TIES and Princess EL IZABEI n arrived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor ; the KING to hold his Court as usual, and the QUEEN to hold a prirate Drawing Room, for the purpose of the Persian Ambassador and suite formally taking leave of her. His Excel lency arrived at the Queen's Palace about ten mi nutes before three o'clock, in the midst of one of, the greatest and most sudden rising storms we have for a long time witnessed; ?ccornpanied with a most dreadful whirlwind. Nothing could be seen front the Palace, lot the complete maze of dust which en tirely filled the whole space. About a quarter of an hour before the whole hemisphere was perfectly se rene. His Excellency came to the Palace in the KING'S carriage, drawn by six beautiful black horses, will the servants in their full state liveries. He wds dressed in yellow and gold, of a similar manufacture to the costly shawls; and a red turban. He was ac companied by Sir Gokts Oussi.ar in the. carriage, wilich was precede,t by t} earristm of Sir ST.EPHF.to COTTERELL, the Master of the Ceremonies. They were received at the door of the Palace of Colonel DESBROW, ;Ind i a number of their MAJESTIES at tendants', His Excellency was Conkint,tej i n t o tht presence of his MAJESTY by Sir STEPHEN CoTTE• PELL, the Master of the Ceremonies, and presenied by the Marquis WELLESLEY, why() ills MAJESTY VI as graciously pleased to present him with a dirk, the ban.. dle of which was must elegantly mounted with worlds, which he placed on his side, and then took love of his MAJESTY. His Excellency was then conducted by Sir S. COTTEEELL to her MAJESTY'S Drawing' room, where he wt;s presented by Col. DEsßrio‘.', the QUEEN'S Vice Chamberlain. He was graci ously received, and her MAJESTY presented hint bevel - id valuable presents, the natural produce LA this country,.for Innis& and the Emperor of Persi, Her MAJESTY was accompanied O . ) the Pod cess ELIZABETH, and attended by the Mlirchiunrss .of BATH, the, Countess of HA - acouaT, Ladies Timing and ELY, MisseS VERNON, BE - UDENEW and WROTTESLEY, Earl HAlicoußT, anti C o lonel UPTON, and several usher attendants. His t,xcei lency takes with lihn two full length paintings of their MAJESTIES,' by LAWRENCE, In Very elegant frames. HIS MAJESTY held. a Levee, which was attend' ed by „ . The Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Civincli• the Lord Privy Seal,, the First Loin of the :Treasury a Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the MO' ratty, the Master General of the Ordnance . , the three'Secre'! tries Or State, the I(iilga:AdvO..ate, the Cuininaladcr in Calle.. the - Lord Coantberlain, Earl harrow by, Lords Heatliticia: (gold stick), Boston (in waiting), the Hon. kredettult • We”: (groom is waiting). The loliuwing had the honour of bilg ve,:ent to htd MAJESTY- : " • Sir Gore Ouseley, to take leave on his departure for Per sia. . _ Colonel Ross, of the 70th Regiment, on his appointment to be A ide-de-Cainp to his- Nlajesty, and on his return OA° abro ut, _ _ • Vice-Admiral Sir- Richard . Keates, on -his appointme nt to command at Cadiz. -The Hun urable Captain William Gordon- of the Roy yl Navy, on hie promotion.- Lieutenant-Colonel •Elley. of the Royal Home Cuakis• on his return to the army in Portugal. General Hulse, on his ceingiappointed to the 6ril Regimen t. Captain DrArcy, of the Royal Artillery, on his being ar pointed to attend-Ins Majesty's Embassy to Persia., „ Colonel Baird. on being appointed Colonel on the Staff at the Cape or Good. Hope, and to take leave or his Ma' jesty. Sir kVilliarn Ouseley, to take leave of his Majesty on 114 ' departure to Persia. t.;apt. Stone, of the Royal Artillery, on his being appois t " ed toattend his Majesty's Einuassy to Persia. Captain Dawson, R. N. on his return Lora India, an being appointed to the Piedmontaise. Capt. Edward Kittoe,.on his appointment to the Milfor' i t appropriated for she tiag of Sit Richard ticates. • Mr. Gordon. .to take leave, on his departure for Persia• Mr. 1. Morier, to.take leave, on his departure for Mr. Augustus ; Foster, his Majesty's Charge u'Ati:titoir the Court of Sweden, on his return to rrigland. • n o Lieotertant-General Sir, Charles Ross, on his being °'" priinted coronet of the 37th Regiment, kz.seph Yorke, _on his being appointed a Lord of Admiralty. Hls MAJESTY gave andienCes to Mr. PEROSV,4I'.' and the rest of the Cabinet Ministers present. • 7 - the evening their MAJESTIES, and Print: o ELIigaETH, returned to Windsor. , Monday evening his MAJESTY, Duke of C 4:4 : 'BRIDGE, . PLioCysscS AUGUSTA and Ei.rzaDslli: walked, on Windsor Terrace till nine o'clock. a MAJESTY and" the Royal Party . were ac6Jinp;An'''ri by Earl ‘VINCIIIt.SEA, Marquis CORNVVALLIi, 'HARCOURT,- Lady CoLLYER, Mrs. L DEAx 61 1 ; .VENOR, and the Hun. Miss ONSOW • Gc.i/erai. MANNERS and GARTH, Count MUNSTER, a ,, d DEsiaEow„ and a great assemblage o f very ge" le cts company,: whilst the bands of the Horse G o ``' (Blues,). and Stafford iVlilitia, played many eharro' .ing tunes, &T. _ On Monday evening arrived at Windsor l' t , HA LFOISD, DoEtorE DUNDAS and BAILEY, ail .. tended on Princess AMELIA, where they rellO ilic all night, and on Tuesdoy mot ni.24 set off tor Londoo' Her Royal Highness remains much the same. Tuesday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses GUSTA and SOPHIA, accompanied by Earl Wisc Hi a SEA, Count MUNSTER, Generals MANNERS . GARTH, Lady COLLYER, Colonels TAyLog DESBROW, took an airing in Windsor P"' till tw€lve o'clock. - We have received Alicant Papers to the 15th 'l l , They contain official reports of several pal 6 . 1 1 r vantages obtained by the Spaniards in that quat e : c but they are not of sufficient importance to particular detail. Sunday morning the riggers and other artific er i S were ordered very'! arty' into the dock-yard at ham, in consequence .ot an order from AJW ir o E STANLIOP at the bore, to hasten down ten 0 1 I gun-boats with all possible dispatch. The following extrad is from an Alicant r o the 14th ult.:— GENERAL ORDERS.— FouRTH DivcsioH• " Ilead-quarters, Elche, lune II " SOLDIERS,—Our flying parties have on the ytti considerable advantages in the to , vo Galera. Our cavalry, to the number of 1 20, s '" l attacked by 230, of which 80 were. killed, and li d made prisoners. Individn,l at - ts of valour 11 3 1 , been performed, which shall be rewarded ac c ,' t, ingly ; but among these we have to notice Don , par de Bobadello, Captain of the Regiment of Gav' ry of Farnisco, who with his own baud kil the enemy's officers, who, in the af7t of othring proteClion, returned the generous oiler by a s trok: i ) / his sword. The defendersof Cazuria, to the number' 360, were attacked on the 4th inst. by 1600 f o ot 31 3 ' 600 horse. The superiority of the efieoly them to retire from that town, after havi l i t &WO' ed it with admirable valour. The enemy left b e :i hand them on this day 260 in their tit st attack, in the streets of the town ; nor had they courage ' follow our valiant soldiers. " These actions are only the preludes of ot l)erl more important, in which we are to distinguish 0 01 ; selves to destroy and teach the enemy that Al l o Spanish nation will nut cede in valour to any 01 ,0 in the world. FREYSE:' " hote.—ln yesterday's Diary it was announ,slo that the army of the centre bad received or‘lers 4 4 advance its head -quarters; this information is `Io only untrue, but devoid of aoy foundation, and 11: 1° 1 ( hare originated in a miltake. In order to ch 0 4 ) any bad effeci that such false report might occa 0 1 ) to the prejudice of the army, the Public are infuro accordingly."